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Book cover of "The Adventures of Lucy the Cow-Dog" with an illustration of a dog running on it
Illustrated by: Nidhom


The Adventures of Lucy the Cow-Dog
The Journey Begins
Christine M. B. Smith

Lucy has the wiggles and it keeps getting her into trouble! Can the Wise Old Beagle help her learn to be calm and quiet? Join Lucy as she sets off ...


"Transforming the Police" book cover with cogs on cover


Transforming the Police
Thirteen Key Reforms
Edited by Charles M. Katz, Edward R. Maguire

In an age of intensified public debate about the role of police officers, more law-enforcement agencies rely on evidence-based policing to help ...


Kamikaze book cover


Kamikaze
A Novel of the Mongol Invasions of Japan
Jeanne M Blanchet

"Kamikaze: A Novel of the Mongol Invasions of Japan" is a story of the indomitable power of love and honor set against the background of Kublai ...


Cover of Voice co-edited by Joe Lockard


Voice
Fiction, Autobiography, and Speech
William Wells Brown, Mary Prince and David Walker
Edited by Shih Penglu, Joe Lockard
Translated by Xiao Xu, Xu Chaoli and Liu Yangxiaolu

With Shih Penglu, Joe Lockard worked with translators to edit these American slave narratives, the third volume in an Antislavery Literature ...


Cover of Witness co-edited by Joe Lockard


Witness
Classic Slave Narratives
Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass and Josiah Henson
Edited by Shih Penglu, Joe Lockard
Translated by Shih Penglu, Cei Beiling and Tu Manman

With Shih Penglu, Joe Lockard worked with translators to edit these American slave narratives, the second volume in an Antislavery Literature ...


Cover of I Am Faithful by Jenny Irish


I Am Faithful
Jenny Irish

Fiction. From reviewer Nickole Brown: "What is it to be poor? Discovering an ATM's smallest withdrawal is more than the little left in your ...


Cover of Beyond Hashtags by Sarah Florini


Beyond Hashtags
Racial Politics and Black Digital Networks
Sarah Florini

Unrest gripped Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in August 2014. ...


Book cover with Solar System planets on it


Outer Solar System Moons
Your Personal 3D Journey
Laurence A. Tognetti

Welcome to the moons of the outer solar system! Through the eyes of Voyager, Galileo, Cassini and New Horizons, this book will introduce you to ...

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